Using the Client Manager

The Access Manager administration console provides a Client Manager that enables you to manage properties for mobile devices.

This section explains the following types of information that the Client Manager provides about client types:

• Markup Languages

• Styles

• Device Information

• Filter Option

• Client Editor

This section also explains how to create and customize the client type:

• Client Editor

Markup Languages

Mobile Access software supports these markup languages used by mobile client browsers:

• HDML (Handheld Device Markup Language)—Openwave’s proprietary language, for mobile devices that use Openwave browsers. It uses Openwave’s Handheld Device Transport Protocol (HDTP).

  Examples of devices in this category include RIM 950 and those using the UP.Browser 3.0 or earlier.

• JHTML (J-Sky Hypertext Markup Language)—Vodafone’s proprietary language for Japanese J-Sky devices.

  Examples of devices in this category include J-Phone 2.0, J-Phone 3.0, and Mitsubishi V101D.

• VoiceXML (Voice Extensible Markup Language)—a standard for creating audio dialogs in interactive voice response applications.

  Devices in this category include any telephone or any Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) software-based phone.

• WML (Wireless Markup Language)—based on XML (Extensible Markup Language) and part of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).

  Examples of devices in this category include Motorola i95, Nokia 6310i, and Siemens S40.

• XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language)—a reformulation of HTML 4.0 that anyone can extend by adding new elements and defining new attributes.

  Examples of devices in this category include: Motorola T720, Nokia 3560, and Sony Ericsson T68.

• cHTML (compact Hypertext Markup Language)—a simpler version of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) to accommodate mobile devices.

  Examples of devices in this category include Handspring Treo 180, Palm i705 Handheld, and Toshiba e400 Series.

• iHTML (inline Hypertext Markup Language)—the markup language used with NTT DoCoMo’s Japanese i-mode service. It is similar to cHTML but provides proprietary extensions.

  Examples of devices in this category include NTT DoCoMo phones.

Styles

A Style is a set of properties for an associated group of devices for a markup language. For example, a Nokia Style is applied to all WML devices manufactured by Nokia.

At least one Style exists for each markup language. Some markup languages have multiple styles.

You cannot override Style properties. If you use an existing client as a template for a new devices when you create it, the new client inherits the existing client’s Style properties.

Device Information

Device information is device-specific client type data that you can update.

When you change the device information for a default client type, you create a new and separate version of the default client type. This custom information is stored in the external library, while the default device information remains in the internal library. Two asterisks are added to the client type name of each custom device to differentiate it from devices in the internal library.

Filter Option

The Filter option is a search field that enables you to find and list groups of specific client types assigned to a specific Style.

Client Editor

The Client Editor enables you to create and customize a client type, and to manage client properties.

The Client Editor organizes properties in the following groups:

• General

• Hardware Platform

• Software Platform

• Network Characteristics

• BrowserUA

• WapCharacteristics

• PushCharacteristicsNames

• Additional Properties

To Launch the Client Manager

1. Log in to the Access Manager administration console as the administrator.

   By default, Identity Management is selected in the Header frame (the top horizontal frame) and Organizations is selected in the Navigation frame (the left vertical frame).

2. Click the Service Configuration tab.

3. From the Service Configuration frame on the left, under the Access Manager Configuration heading, click the arrow for Client Detection.

   The Client Detection global preferences appear in the Data frame on the right.

4. Click the Edit link following the Client Types label.

   The Client Manager interface appears. Details about HTML devices are displayed by default.

   For information about managing the client data base, see Managing the Client Database.

To View Style Properties

1. Log in to the Access Manager administration console as the administrator.

   By default, Identity Management is selected in the Header frame (the top horizontal frame) and Organizations is selected in the Navigation frame (the left vertical frame).

2. Click the Service Configuration tab.

3. From the Service Configuration frame on the left, under the Access Manager Configuration heading, click the arrow for Client Detection.

   The Client Detection global preferences appear in the Data frame on the right.

4. Click the Edit link following the Client Types label.

   The Client Manager interface appears. Details about HTML devices are displayed by default.

5. From the tabs at the top, click the markup language for the device whose properties you want to examine (for example, WML).

   If client types using the markup language you selected are in the database, they appear in alphabetical order.

6. From the Style pull-down menu, pick the style that you want (for example, Nokia).

   The list of client types already in the database appears for the selected style.

7. Click the Current style properties link.

   The Edit style page appears. The Styles for General properties are displayed by default.

8. From the Properties pull-down menu, click the properties type that you want to view (for example: Software Platform).

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   Properties type choices include General, Hardware Platform, Software Platform, Network Characteristics, BrowserUA, WapCharacteristics, PushCharacteristicsNames, and Additional Properties.

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9. To return to the Client Manager page, click Cancel.